"We almost ran out of money, we had less than 10 days of capital left."

From the outskirts of Turkey to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, Eren Bali is the unsung entrepreneur who is changing the entire landscape of healthcare.

Here's the story 🧵 Born in Turkey 1984, in a village with no internet and a one-room schoolhouse, Eren's mother was the only teacher for the entire elementary school.

It was right after the 1980 military coup in Turkey, so education and healthcare were on the back burner.

From cooking in a trailer to running 2,300 restaurants across the world, Andrew and Peggy Cherng are the billionaires you've never heard of.

This is the story of how two college sweethearts built Panda Express 🧵 Born in 1948, the son of a chef, Andrew Cherng immigrated from China to the U.S. in 1966.

Earning a master's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Missouri, Cherng was highly accomplished at 24 y/o.

But his greatest accomplishment from school?

Daniel Lubetzky founded Kind Bars in 2004. And eventually sold to Mars for $5B

But the huge exit almost didn’t happen. Why? Because of a $220m mistake.

Here’s the story🧵 Meet Daniel Lubetzky, a Mexican-American billionaire who puts his money where his mouth is.

Lubetzky was born in Mexico City and moved to the US when he was a teenager.

The son of a Holocaust survivor, Daniel learned the power of seeing good in humanity despite all struggles.

From escaping the USSR to selling WhatsApp for $19 billion to Facebook.

Here's how a Ukrainian immigrant became a BILLIONAIRE in the very building where he once collected food stamps: In 1992 Jan Koum left the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv and moved with his Mother to Mountain View, California.

Jan left a dire situation in Ukraine, only to experience even more poverty in the States.

To support his Mother, Jan worked as a janitor and collected food stamps.